

Overview
It is the Taisho era in Japan. A man has quit the Yakuza after five years and returned to Shikoku in order to begin his life anew as a ferryman. His boss, however, became ill and the boat is taken due to unpaid debts to the local thugs. His new life has not begun well and he is determined to rebuild the shattered business. The Yakuza, however, have added the ferry business to the rest of their portfolio of local concerns.
Top Cast

Akira Kobayashi
Seijiro Tamimura

Hideki Takahashi
Naoaki Yagiri

Ryotaro Sugi
Sakichi Kawanaga

Yumiko Nogawa
Okyô Kawanaga

Ichirō Sugai
Jisuke Sawaiya

Yōko Yamamoto
Koyuki

Hiroshi Kondō
Tamezo Hondo

Kenji Imai
Shimazo Hondo

Masahiko Tanimura
Hokke-Masa

Shirō Yanase
Sohachi

Keisuke Noro
Ginji

Yūji Hori
Botanya
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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